Holymen · c:arcfullto give God the glory ofhis . blcffin!•· 'rythealigne oftomage. and Wine, that is, an earnell, a little for the whole, to f'Mew this to thee, that God .hath n1ade thee heyre ofall things: And thereupon, when the King of Sodome prefently offered hit~ the riches that he had taken,when he came backe from the vid:orie, Nq, faith A!Jrtth:tm, I will not take them1 For it is the Lord that blelfed me, it is he that fhall make me rich, it ishe thatjs my exceeding great reward,ids he that hath entred into thecovenant withme;And therefore,faith he,ir fhall never befaid,thatth~ King ofSoc/omehat~made.Ahraham rich, I have recdvedallfrom him, and I wiiireftoreall to· him: Therefore, you fee, he payd Tythes to Melch~(edec~, he gave him the renth ofall that he .had: Sg, ( C1ith GoD ) that c.M~fflah, ~ that promifed feede,is a Prieft after the order of Melc6ifedech: He is a King, He fhall come and blelfe thee, after that manner he ihall make ~heeheyre ofall things,onelythou fhalt ~oe hiin bom.age, faith he, as thou didfr to Melcliiftdech. What was that homage*? That_thqu !halt give him the tenth ofall thou ,hafr; thatis,by that thou flult 1l1ew·thine hoM mag~, thou- ·fhalt {hew that thou art bound to 'lhew hini obedience, thou fbalt !hew upon what tenure thou holddl: all that thou haft: Thougivdl: hfm.that asaRent,acknow1edging him to be the Lord, ofwhom·thou hall: re· ') ·ceived all things;and to.wh9m tho'u owe'ftall things : -Therefore <..A!Jraham' would rake n~: thing:ofany elfe, -he would rake nothing o ·!"' the
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